By Akinwale Kasali
New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Presidential Candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has dismissed the endorsement of Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo as inconsequential. He also slammed the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the suffering of Nigerians since 1999.
He said that PDP ruled for 16 years and APC has ruled for almost yight years that the suffering of Nigerians has further escalated.
However, he rated PDP better than APC. “PDD is bad. APC is very bad”, he declared.
For record purposes, Kwankwaso was a very high profile member of both parties at one time or the other from 1999 to mid-2022 when he left to found the NNPP.
Kwankwaso spoke during his visit to Asaba, Delta State Capital, as part of his campaign tour of the South-South to canvass for votes ahead of the February 2023 general polls.
The former Kano State Governor boasted that he would defeat Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, at the polls on February 25th, 2023.
Speaking to his supporters Kwanwkaso said, “I’m happy for the reception given to me in Asaba. The people have accepted me because I have all it takes to deliver this country from the bondage of APC and PDP.
“PDP and APC put together are what we are suffering today. These two parties have failed Nigerians. Let me tell you, PDP is bad, and APC is very bad.
“I was one of the founding fathers of PDP. They failed and we joined hands to form APC, again APC failed. That’s why we moved to NNPP to save this country.
“Poor leadership, lack of capacity, and integrity mostly characterised PDP and APC. They are only interested in themselves and their family.”
On the endorsement of Obi by former Obasanjo, Kwankwaso said it is inconsequential, as he, Kwankwaso, has already been endorsed by the masses.
“You can’t sit anywhere and start endorsing somebody. The Presidency is not based on ethnicity,” he added.
